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cohan on Nostr: This handsome person was on a willow support stem in a pea garden bed. At first I ...

This handsome person was on a willow support stem in a pea garden bed. At first I thought it was a much more common
Tachinid fly, but this is new to me: I think it is Mesembrina decipiens (I'll see if I get any input on iNat), which is in the housefly family -though not a housefly, and clearly a bee mimic. I'm not sure what the adult feeds on (just saw the one, and it wasn't feeding) but it seems larvae likely develop in dung.
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